Main Idea
Author's Purpose
P.I.E.
Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes
Types of Texts
Multiple Meaning Words
100
This is the primary focus of writing. It is the author's message about the topic. It is often expressed directly or it can be implied, or suggested. It is what the writing is about.
What is the main idea?
100
Once you see Philadelphia, you'll never want to leave.Philadelphia has history,art, music, professional sports teams, shopping, and museums. In the passage the author purpose is.
What is to persuade?
100
These are syllables added to the beginning of words.
What are prefixes?
100
This type of text is true and is designed primarily to explain, argue, or describe rather than entertain.
What is nonfiction?
100
These words have the same spellings, but different definitions and sometimes different pronunciations.
What is a homonym?
200
The availability of transportation is an important consideration when determining where to live. It is vital for trade with other locations; it allows people to move from one location to another for for economic or social opportunities; and it allows people to make a living in one place and live in another.
What is "the availability of transportation is an important consideration when determining where to live?"
200
Candy in the cushions Of the easy-chair; Raisins in the sofa- How did they get there? The little Goop who's greedy Does it every day, Like a little puppy, Hiding bones away! The Author's Purpose is to.
What is entertain?
200
These are syllables added to the end of words to the change the meaning of the root word.
What are suffixes?
200
Biographies, textbooks, "how to" books, encyclopedias, and public documents are all examples.
What is nonfiction books?
200
These words sound the same, but are spelled differently and have different meanings.
What are homophones?
300
In short passages, the best way to identify the main idea is to look at this in each paragraph. It is often found at the beginning of the paragraph.
What is the topic sentence?
300
In the early hours of June 6, 1944 hundreds of planes dropped paratroopers behind German lines to capture bridges and railroad tracks. At dawn huge battleship guns began blasting away at German coastal fortifications. Amphibious craft landed on five beaches, and thousands of American, British, Canadian, and French troops fought there way ashore. The author's purpose is to
What is to inform?
300
This prefix anti means?
What is against?
300
Stories, novels, fairy tales, fables, and myths are all examples of.
What is fiction?
300
These are clues that help you determine the meaning of words. They can either be synonyms, antonyms, or defined in the sentence.
What are context clues?
400
For more than a century, Americans have recited the Pledge of Allegiance as a promise of loyalty to the United States. The U.S. Flag Code advises us to do this in many ways. Those not in uniform should place their right had over the heart. Soldiers and others in uniform should remain silent, face the flag, and give the appropriate salute. When saying the Pledge, all should stand at attention and face the flag.
What is different ways the U.S. Flag Code advises Americans in how to promise loyalty to the United States?
400
One day at breakfast at Perkins, a boy picked up a spoonful of gooey stuff and asked his father, "What is this?" His father replied, "butter." The boys answered, "Can I eat it?" The author's purpose is to..
What is entertain?
400
The suffix ology means?
What is study of something?
400
Nursery Rhymes, songs, and epics are all examples of.
What is Poetry?
400
This word means now and a gift.
What is present?
500
The Freedom of Information Act requires the government to make available certain types of public information, including the various rules of government, court decisions, government manuals, and numerous types of government records. Under this act, any citizen can request nearly any type of information. However, there are certain types of information that the government does not release to the public because to do so would compromise national security. The main idea is..
What is the government is required by the Freedom of Information Act to release to the public certain types of information?
500
The Pledge of Allegiance was first published in September 1892 in a magazine called the "Youth's Companion." The magazine printed it to help celebrate the 400th anniversary of Columbus reaching America. Schoolchildren first recited the pledge on Columbus Day. The Author's Purpose is to
What is to inform?
500
Knowing that un means not and able means worthy of or capable of then the word unloveable means.
What is not worthy of being loved.
500
This word is very small; unit of measure of time.
What is minute?
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